Magnitude 7.0 Near North Coast of New Guinea, P.N.G.
1998 July 17 08:49:13 UTC

At least 2,183 people killed,
thousands injured, about 9,500 homeless and about 500
missing as a result of a tsunami generated in the Sissano
area. Maximum wave heights estimated at 15 meters. Several
villages were completely destroyed and others extensively
damaged. Maximum recorded wave heights from selected tide
stations (peak-to-trough, in cm) were as follows: 40 on
Miyake-jima; 30 at Tosa-Shimuzu, Shikoku; 26 at Muroto,
Shikoku; 24 at Naze, Amami O-shima; 20 on Tanega-shima; 20
at Kushimoto, Honshu; 6 at Jackson Bay and 4.7 at Kaikoura,
New Zealand; 5 on Yap. Felt along much of the northern
Papua New Guinea coast.